--- FreeMat-3.5/configure.in.orig	2007-12-21 02:45:05.237070538 +0100
+++ FreeMat-3.5/configure.in	2007-12-21 02:45:19.734858809 +0100
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@
 
 AM_CONDITIONAL(USECLI, test x$ismingw = xfalse)
 
+LIBS="$LIBS -ltinfo"
 
 AC_OUTPUT([Makefile src/Makefile libs/Makefile libs/libFreeMat/Makefile
 		    libs/libCore/Makefile libs/libFN/Makefile